Passagem de Mariana, by Eder Santos, Paulo Santos and grupo Uakti | 11th Festival

Music, image, and Indian themes come together to represent the deadly sins in this work by Eder Santos and Paulo Santos, in 1996

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O Gabinete de Chico, by Chelpa Ferro | 12nd Festival

This performance, presented in 1998, combines electronic image projections edited on the fly and a musical performance involving conventional instruments and noisy objects, like an orange squeezer and door bells

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No Sleep and a dead Bird, by Stephen Vitiello | 10th Festival

In Stephen Vitiello’s 1994 performance, live footage is combined with spoken texts and a soundtrack based on guitar loops and bird calls

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Bestiário masculino feminino, by Waly Salomão | 12nd Festival

In 1998, the audience is invited to enter the venue wearing animal masks, as Waly Salomão recites poems to the sound of electronic music, black women dancing, and hens clucking

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Bardo, by Marcondes Dourado | 11th Festival

In this performance presented in 1996, Marcondes Dourado combines dancing, video and theater, inspired by Antonin Artaud’s texts about the experience of seclusion in psychiatric facilities

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A night with Mike, by Michael Smith | 12nd Festival

This performance by Michael Smith is a tragicomic, humorous depiction of the character Mike, a sort of alter ego of the artist; a common man who "believes everything and understands nothing"

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Behind the scenes | 8th Festival

The Behind the Scenes features of the 8th edition gave an overview of the Festival’s 1990 program, which ushered in a new phase of internationalization of video in the country, now that the medium was consolidated.

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November 14, 1990 | 8th Festival

On its final day, Videojornal collected statements from artists and curators on the South-North relationship, including the Dutch Tom van Vliet, then director of the World Wide Video Festival

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November 12, 1990 | 8th Festival

On its 4th day, Videojornal featured audience impressions of competitive show videos, and international guests, including the curator Pierre Bongiovanni

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November 11, 1990 | 8th Festival

On the 3rd day of its 1990 series, the Videojornal program featured Sandra Kogut’s video installation, including a statement from the artist about the piece, and an interview with the international guest Yoichiro Kawaguchi

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